What can I say…I was bored and needed to get out of the house. Seeing as how its been snowing for 10+ hours now and the roads are completely covered, I’m guessing there won’t be an episode of Sound Session tonight. I’m hoping to have some cool stuff to post up in the next few days to make it up to y’all. We’ll see.
In the meantime, stay warm!
I think Shad is my favorite discovery of this past year. I know he’s been doing his thing for years, but apparently I was sleeping cause I just caught on to him at the end of 2007. Better late than never though and in fact, this video is from back in July, but the new homey G just shot it over and I was floored. This dude is crazy.
Be on the lookout for big things from Shad in ’09. He’ll be at SXSW in March and on the Warped Tour all year, including a Seattle stop in August. Prior to that, it looks like he’ll be out here in the Pacific NW rocking shows, so I’ll keep y’all posted when things get announced. In the meantime, be sure to cop The Old Prince asap.
The downside of being able to work from home due to the Seattle snow is that I’ve been firmly planted at the computer for the last 12 hours. So when the homies are about their business and provide perfect descriptions for stuff to post, it makes one happy Hyphen. Take it away fellas:
Follow a night in the life of new supergroup Idle Warship (Talib Kweli + Res + Graph Nobel) as they travel through NYC, hit the studio to record, DJ a set at a club, perform, and generally talk sh*t. You can also preview new songs from the group’s forthcoming mixtape and album. Shot/Edited by Court Dunn for Restless Films. Second camera Andrew Baxter.
Shout to young Tunj for sending this through and peace to the entire Blacksmith fam. As a bonus, Tunj included the song featured heavily in this clip:
Now all that said, minus 10K points for making me hear “Pop Champagne” at the end of the clip. Blech.
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Criminally underrated producer Exile is dropping his new album Radio in January and he’s been shooting some of these ill promo videos leading up to the release. In this edition, he chops up Lil’ Wayne and some Hiero to show you what true mpc mastery looks like. Weezy never sounded so good.
Shout to the homey Jon Kim for sending this through.
I’ve been meaning to post this up since I went to Braille’s “Everybody Say Ho!!!” event last week here in Seattle (Portland people, yours is this Friday, details here). It was a real dope show and I even got to catch up with some old friends from way back in the day. Plus, the Frosty the Snowman vs. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer battle was classic. You think I’m jokin’.
As an added bonus, everyone who attended received this ill mixtape from Braille’s Lightheaded brethren, Ohmega Watts. If this doesn’t get you in the mood for Christmas, stop being such a Scrooge. Download this and bump it while you hang your stockings with care.
Hooooooooooo!
- RUN-D.M.C. “Christmas in Hollis”
- Dana Dane “Dana Dane is Coming to Town
- Beastie Boys “Sure Shot”
- Sweet Tee “Let The Jingle Bells Rock”
- Da’rel Jr. “This Christmas”
- Braille “Blessed Man”
- Sojourn “Definitely Special”
- Flying Lotus “Roberta Flack Ft. Dolly”
- Surreal “First Chapter”
- Poems “Love”
- Nicolay & Kay “Tight Eyes”
- Choclit Kennedy “On & On”
- J Dilla “Won’t Do”
- Othello “Silhouette”
- James Brown “Don’t Tell It”
- Red Astaire Ft. Caretta Bell “You Dead Wrong”
- Theory Hazit “Grizzly”
- Grand Puba “Amazing”
- Charles Brown “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (Ohmega Watts Remix)
Download here. (right click, save as)
Ok, I stole that headline from TMZ, but damn if that isn’t perfect. HAHAHAHAHA @ this. First of all, the shoe assault is classic…not one, but both! Secondly, impressive reflexes from George on that first projectile. Thirdly, where was the Secret Service? We protect our Prez from gun shots, but we’re powerless against shoes?
Man…I reeeeeeally wish one of the shoes just clocked dude hahahah. This is funny enough though. Ladies and gentlemen, the Bush Presidency!
Hahahaha classic. I’m not a gamer at all (still only have an old X-Box), but G4 is my new favorite network. This one came from their X-Play show. That show is dope, but Attack of the Show is where it’s at. Completely hilarious, plus I’m in love with Olivia Munn. Talk about wifey material.
The fine folks over at iMeem linked up with the homies U-N-I for a Los Angeles edition of their “Keys 2 The City” series. In chapter one, Thurz & Y-O give you a basic introduction to the crew and we even get some footage of them on the court. Which reminds me…every time I see these dudes, we’re supposed to get out there and play but it always falls through. They’ll be up here in Seattle this weekend for a show on Sunday the 7th at Nectar (with Blu!), so perhaps we can finally do this. Bring your game fellas.
I saw this on Sportscenter last night and was telling everyone about it. Ho-lee-ish. Andre Miller’s ankles are permanently damaged. This is one of many reasons that Rose was the clear #1 choice in the last draft. Dude is a player.
On the other side of the spectrum, how awful is that announcer? Wow.
Shout to Real Frequency for posting this up.
Yeah, it was offsides, but that finish was still ill. Plus, we all know Robin hates his right foot, so that makes it even doper. And “le double” on his more familiar left:
If the Gunners can play the mid-table teams the way they played Chelsea and Manchester United, this could be an incredible 4 team EPL title race. RvP’s the man. Shout to the homey Didier though…when he gets back in form, Chelsea should be the favorite.